Description
Germans-week or Week St Germans, a parish in Devonshire, on an affluent of the river Tamar, 4 miles from Hallwill station on the L. & S.W.R., and 13 N by W of Tavistock. Post town, Lew Down; telegraph office, Halwill railway station. Acreage, 2625; population, 211. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £100 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is small and ancient, comprises chancel, north transept, and tower with five bells, and was restored in 1872-75. There are Baptist and Bible Christian chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
